Warlock (1959)

Mike Weaver mike.weaver at zen.co.uk
Sun Apr 16 08:01:11 CDT 2006


At 02:00 16/04/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Elitist who knows difference between pulp fiction and literature also
>knows difference between shit and shinola..
>
>Just kidding . . . .


Difference is there is no continuum twixt shit & shinola, like there is 
between pulp and lit. Warlock may contain elements derived from  the pulps 
but it does more with them than sell a hod load of books. Pynchon has 
followed the same track, but gone a whole lot further, combining warping 
and mutating pulp conventions, but tending to display the same weakness, 
constructed as opposed to evolved characters.

Happy hols y'all

Mike






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